DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER SCALE: DEVELOPMENT AND RELIABILITY STUDY

OBJECTIVES: To develop and examine reliability of dependent personality disorder scale for adults. METHODS: This cross-sectional analytical study design was used to develop a scale, which will measures dependent personality disorder. The data was collected by using purposive sampling technique from...

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Published in:Khyber Medical University journal 2020-12, Vol.12 (4), p.278-83
Main Authors: Zaqia Bano, Aqsa Shahzadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adults
dependent personality disorder
exploratory factor analysis
factor analysis, statistical
reproducibility of results
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Summary:OBJECTIVES: To develop and examine reliability of dependent personality disorder scale for adults. METHODS: This cross-sectional analytical study design was used to develop a scale, which will measures dependent personality disorder. The data was collected by using purposive sampling technique from different government and private colleges, universities and community of Sialkot. A total of 140 participants, between 19-75 years were enrolled in this study. The item pool of 134 items was generated from literature reviews and people’s opinions. Among the 125 items retained by experts, and after a pilot study only 36 statements were retained. The data was analyzed by using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and reliability. RESULTS: The final administration of 36 items was handed over to 180 participants. The model fit showed a P-value of
ISSN:2305-2643
2305-2651
DOI:10.35845/kmuj.2020.19802